Observation by Dominic Ford: Transit of Mercury

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Dominic Ford

Observer

Dominic Ford

Observed

2019 Nov 29 - 14:51

Uploaded

2019 Nov 29 - 14:51

Objects

Mercury
Transit

Equipment

Google Pixel 3a

Location

Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge

Target name

Transit of Mercury

Title

Transit of Mercury

About this image

This is an exceptionally silly picture of the transit of Mercury that I took by accident while trying to line my phone camera up with the eyepiece of a telescope. If you look very closely, you can just about see Mercury.

A colleague later suggested it was artistic enough that I should enter it for the University of Warwick's science/art photography competition. They were presumably a bit short of entries, since I somehow managed to win a prize...

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